| SES # | TOPICS | KEY DATES |
|---|---|---|
| Part I: Theoretical Framework | ||
| 1 | Introduction | |
| 2 | Social Movements, NGOs and Civil Society: How Are They Different? | |
| 3 | Social Movements and the State: How Do They Interact? | |
| 4 | Law, Social Movements and Public Policy: Changing Domestic Contexts | |
| 5 | Law, Social Movements and Public Policy: Changing Global Contexts | |
| Part II: Domestic and Comparative Experience | ||
| 6 | Legal and Social Change in the US: Contesting Perspectives | Paper assignment #1 handed out Group Debate Subject: "Public policy in the US is and should be primarily the result of legal measures. As such, social movement action must be targeted towards legal change". |
| 7 | Environment as an Arena of Struggle | Paper assignment #1 due |
| 8 | Speaker Prof. Cary Coglianese, JFK School of Government, Harvard University | |
| 9 | Feminism and Women's Movements | |
| 10 | Speaker Prof. Ann Withorn, U Mass, Boston | |
| 11 | Property, Poor Peoples' Movements and Social Justice | |
| 12 | Legal and Social Change in India: The Role of Mobilization and Activism | |
| 13 | Women's Rights v. Gender Justice | Paper assignment #2 handed out |
| 14 | Speaker Prof. Jyoti Puri, Simmons College | Paper assignment #2 due |
| 15 | Environmentalism of the Poor | |
| 16 | Contesting Development: The Movement in the Narmada Valley - A Case Study | |
| 17 | Screening a Movie, Kaise Jeebo Re (How do I Survive, My Friend) and Discussion Continued on the Narmada Valley Movement | |
| 18 | Civil Rights and Public Interest Litigation | |
| Part III: Global Public Policy and Globalization from Below | ||
| 19 | Beyond the State? Changing Contexts for Law-making and Application at the Global Level | Group Debate Subject: "International law can/should no longer be understood within the framework of states; rather, what counts as 'law' globally is what can be mobilized for by global civil society". |
| 20 | The World Commission on Dams and the Struggle over Development | |
| 21 | Setting Global Environmental and Health Policy: The Case of Nuclear Weapons | |
| 22 | Peace and Security from Below | Paper assignment #3 handed out |
| 23 | Global Economic Institutions and Resistance from the Margins: The World Bank and the IMF | Paper assignment #3 due |
| 24 | The World Trade Organization and the Meaning of Seattle | |
| 25 | Human Rights and Global Public Policy: Corporate Responsibility Speaker Terry Collingsworth, Director, International Labor Rights Fund | |
| 26 | Conclusion and Review Class | |